Rolling machine



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W. ARNEMANN. KEG ROLLING MACHINE.

No. 518,389. Patented Apr. 17,1894.

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WILHELM ARNEMANN, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

KEG-ROLLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent NO. 518,389, dated April 17,1894. Application filed December '7, 1892. Serial No. 454,332- (Nomodel.) Patented in Germany December 13. 1888, No. 47,450. i

To all whom iztmay concern.-

Be it known that I, WILHELM ARNEMANN, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Hamburg, in the Empire ofGermany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKeg-Rolling Machines, (for which Wilhelm Bitter has obtained a patent inGermany, No. 47,450, dated December 13, 1888, by my knowledge andconsent,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to certain improvements in keg-rollingmachines for breweries, by which the kegs are not only moved from oneend of the machine to the other, but simultaneously rotating on theiraxis, so that the hot coating of pitch that has been given by thepitching machine to the interior surface of the kegs is evenlydistributed over said surface and gradually dried and cooled during thepassage of the kegs over the rolling machine; and the invention consistsof a kegrolling machine which comprises endless chains, driving drums atone end of said endless chains, guide-drums at the opposite end of thesame and a number of keg-supporting rollers, theshafts of which areguided on longitudinal rails and simultaneously rotated on their axis bymeans of suitable mechanisms so that the kegs supported on two adjacentpairs of rollers are rotated on their axis While being conveyed from oneend of the pitching machine to the other end of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of myimproved keg-rolling machine. Fig. 2, is aplan-view of the same, andFig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of keg-rolling machine, drawn ona larger scale, and Fig. 4:, is a vertical transverse section, on line 33 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,

Referring to the drawings, A represents upright standards which aresupported in suitable base-rails A on the floor of the brewery or otherbuilding. The standards A are connected by two longitudinal beams B. Theend-standards A are provided with suitable bearings which support at oneend the axle of two driving'drums O and at the other end the axle of twoguide-drums O. The axle of the driving-drums G is connected by suitablemotion transmitting with a counter-shaft so as to receive a slow rotarymotion. The driving and guiding drums are preferably made octagonal inshape or of any other polygonal form as desired. Two endless chains Dare stretched over the driving and guiding drums C C the links of thechains being engaged by the sides of the drums which are in the natureof sprocket wheels, so as to transmit continuous motion to the endlesschains D. The endless chains D are connected at certain intervals withtransverse shafts E, to each of which a pair of rollers E is keyed, saidrollers being slightly beveled at their circumferences so as to supportthe kegs that are to be rolled on the machine. The shafts E extend overand beyond the upper parts of the beams B. Each shaftE is provided neareach roller E with a pinion e which meshes with a longitudinal rack ethat is attached to the toppart of the beam B so that each shaft and therollers keyed to the same receive rotary motion on their axis while theyare conveyed by the endless chains D over the beams B B. The kegs, whichare placed in position on two adjacent pairs of rollers, are conveyed bythe chains D away from the pitching machine located near one end of therolling-machine and simultaneously rotated on their axes by the axialmotion imparted to the roller-shafts E by the racks and pinions e e.

, The keg-rolling machine is made of sufficient length so that when thekeg is conveyed over the same, the coating of pitch in the same isuniformly distributed over the entire interior surface of the keg andgradually cooled and dried. I When the keg arrives at the opposits endof the rolling machine it is conveyed over an inclined plane F to theplace of use.

The rollingof the kegs and the conveying of the same from the machine tothe place of use is accomplished in a perfectly automatical mannerwithout requiring the handling of any keg while they are in transmitfrom one end of the machine to the other, or while they are conveyedover the inclined plane to the place of use or to a keg-elevator orother device as may be required. The rollers are moved over'thedriving-drums C and are returned at the lower part of the machine overthe base-rails of the machine and over the guide-drums C where thepitched kegs are placed on the machine. A continuous operation of themachine is thus securedand thereby a considerable amount of time andlabor saved in rolling and conveying the kegs. In place of the racks andpinions by which axially-rotating motion is imparted to the kegs, anyother equivalent mechanism such as rails and friction-pulleys and thelike may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A keg-rolling machine, consisting of endlesschains, rotary driving drums at one end of said chains, guide-drums atthe opposite ends of the chains,a number of transverse shafts attachedto said endless chains, rollers on said shafts for supporting the kegsand means, substantially as described, whereby simultaneously with thecontinuous forward motion imparted to the shafts, an axially-rotarymotion is imparted to the same, substam tially as set forth.

2. A ke -rolling machine, consisting of supporting standards,longitudinal beams conmeeting said standard, driving drums at one end ofsaid beams, guide-drums at the opposite ends of the same, endless chainssupported on said drums, transverse shafts attached to said endlesschains, rollers on said shafts, pinions on said rollers and rackssupported on said beams, so that simultaneously with the forward motionof said rollers a rotary motion on their axis is imparted to the same,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILHELM ARNEMANN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CHARLES SCHROEDER.

